> [...] I think it would be legitimate to use the title attribute on
> the <input> element to prompt the user *before* she or he tabs to the
> Search button.
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> What if the place holding text for the text box read "enter search text
> here"
First, John meant use of the title attribute (which IMO is the better
solution) not of place holding text, CMIIW. Second, I rather recommend to say
'enter search text' than 'enter search text here', since 'here' is unnecessary to
say (as is to use 'click here').
Jens.
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Jens Meiert
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